January 2010
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World Social Forum Happens, Media Doesn't Give a... →
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“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill...”
– Oscar Wilde (via quote-book)
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One Quarter of US Grain Crops Fed to Cars, Not... →
“The grain grown to produce fuel in the US [in 2009] was enough to feed 330 million people for one year at average world consumption levels,” said Lester Brown, the director of the Earth Policy Institute, a Washington thinktank that conducted the analysis.
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Initiative to Legalize Marijuana in WA →
Filed by activist group Sensible Washington on the 11th, an initiative to legalize marijuana in Washington State is currently awaiting the approval of the Secretary of State. Full text below:
AN INITIATIVE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
1. Whereas the State of Washington wastes tens of millions of dollars a year in taxpayer funds senselessly prosecuting responsible citizens of...
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Supreme Court Overturns Ban on Direct Corporate... →
In a 5-4 decision that strikes down a 1907 law, the justices say the 1st Amendment gives corporations, just like individuals, a right to spend their own money on political ads for federal candidates.
Well as long as we have corporate personhood in this country, I suppose this makes sense. However, it was this precise variety of bullshit that led me to vote for David Cobb in 2004.
Guess who...
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